TxDOT has a new app for highway traffic

Want to know how bad traffic is going to be before hopping on I-35? The state of Texas has an app for that.

The Texas Department of Transportation launched DriveTexas.org on Wednesday, an interactive online map providing drivers with information on weather conditions, traffic, accidents and road hazards across the state of Texas.

The website also has a mobile friendly component, but before using it on the road, drivers are still liable to avoid becoming road hazards themselves, said Penny Mason, TxDOT Media Relations.

“There is an available mobile component, but with that availability goes the responsibility of pulling off the highway when you choose to use this application,” Mason said.

In three online focus studies, TxDOT asked Texas drivers about what they wanted the most to make road information more accessible, and the result was DriveTexas, Mason said. This is the first time TxDOT has created a mobile app for road conditions.

“The bottom line is that people are more mobile so in the future we are going to be moving, like everyone else, into technology where they have faster access to info they need for their travel and faster paced lives,” Mason said.